Jones v. Panhandle Distributors, Inc.

BAKES, Chief Justice.

Both plaintiff and defendant appeal a trial court’s granting of a partial j.n.o.v. and new trial on the issue of damages for breach of a beer distribution franchise sale agreement. The franchise buyer, plaintiff Bill Jones Distributors, Inc. (Jones), alleged that the franchise seller, defendant Panhandle Distributors, Inc. (Panhandle), breached the written sales contract in several respects. After a seven-day trial, the jury found that Panhandle breached the contract with Jones. In its special verdict the jury awarded compensatory damages of $162,289.24 and punitive…